WHEN THE TALIBAN WORE BLUE... The persecution of Southern women and children was only one of many war crimes against civilians. The 5th Iowa Cavalry, in Tennessee, beheaded Jack Hinson's young boys (both non-combatants) and put their heads on his fence posts... Pvt. Dewitt Jobe had his teeth kicked in, eyes plucked out and tongue cut out for refusing to give details on his comrades in arms. Homes burned and looted, graves robbed, women raped and towns destroyed simply for spite. Different time, different Taliban same depredations...